Ahhh Crap!!!!! Bad lifter?

[Chryco Psycho]

I am wondering if polishing the surface led to the failure in part as it would have less "traction' to rotate the lifters , I fully believe other mistakes were made as well so hard to say what came first !!

[Strawdawg]

Think I said it earlier in the thread, but, I strongly disagree with polishing the lifter base.  Looks like you took a bullet but dodged a cannon ball.  It's irritating but you are not building a new engine so fix it and give it another shot. 

[Cudajason]

Thanks for all the comments guys. Busy week at the office and I have not had anytime to spend on the car.

The parts fairy showed up today, so hope to make some progress this week.

Special thanks to Ian, @jimynick for donating the intake gaskets, saved me a bunch!

Jason

[cordodge]

Glad to see your about to start reassembly, Frustrating for sure but could have been worse believe me.

[Topcat]

Thanks for all the comments guys. Busy week at the office and I have not had anytime to spend on the car.

The parts fairy showed up today, so hope to make some progress this week.

Special thanks to Ian, @jimynick for donating the intake gaskets, saved me a bunch!

Jason

Just making double sure...

You did buy 5-7 qts of Joe Gibbs and not just one. Correct?

[Cudajason]

Thanks for all the comments guys. Busy week at the office and I have not had anytime to spend on the car.

The parts fairy showed up today, so hope to make some progress this week.

Special thanks to Ian, @jimynick for donating the intake gaskets, saved me a bunch!

Jason

Just making double sure...

You did buy 5-7 qts of Joe Gibbs and not just one. Correct?

@Topcat hahaha. Yeah man. 5 quarts of the good stuff!

Made a bunch of progress today. Got the valve springs changed back and the cam in and front of the front of the engine back together.

I likely wont get a chance to fire it up until Saturday so I am waiting until then to put the lifters and top end together. Wife is out of town next weekend so lots of time to kill!

Jason

[RUNCHARGER]

Good work Jason. You must be sick of doing the valve springs now.

[Cudajason]

Good work Jason. You must be sick of doing the valve springs now.

@RUNCHARGER ...yeah its getting a little old...but I am getting quicker at it.  The fact that I know I have to do it one more time is a bit of a bummer too.

[Topcat]

Good hearing Jason. 

I've got a dilemma myself going on with Strange Axles and stud lengths, replacement lugs.   

[Chryco Psycho]

You coated the cam with moly before you installed it I hope !!

[Cudajason]

You coated the cam with moly before you installed it I hope !!

Yes sir...Lunati includes a packet of Joe Gibbs assembly lube with the cam.  I coated the bearing surfaces and lobes with it.

I have some permatex assembly lube, red sticky stuff for the lifters.

Jason

[Strawdawg]

Did the instructions tell you to coat the bearing surfaces?

[Cudajason]

Did the instructions tell you to coat the bearing surfaces?

No.. but I figured it could not hurt.  Knowing the cam will sit in the block for almost a week I figured a coating of the assembly lube / grease on the journals could not hurt and will still be on there when I go to fire it up.

Jason

[Cudajason]

Well the wife is away with our daughter for the weekend, so put the little man to bed about 9 tonight and out I went to the garage.

The goal was to get the bottom of the engine and the suspension back together...was out in the garage to 1:30 am and got more done then I hoped.

Jason

[Chryco Psycho]

Great I will be in the area in less than 2 weeks now